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ng for his mate, and tonight, he made a show of having

oing to have to choose a mate, and I ha

rey accompanied me out for a smoke, but when we returned inside, my wolf grew even more restless, ecstatic. Th

hing Audrey was showing me, but when I look

essive, claiming. His voice is so loud that it drowns ou

She's scentle

ges. The bond hits me like a tidal wave, my chest burns. W

na Ha

Not in my life. Not anywhere close. Her eyes grow

five years ago, and no one has heard from her since and here she

grumbles. "Claim

his has to be a joke, maybe my mate is somewhere in this room and not at my feet

rab her arm, and a zap of electricity tremors through my hand. I don't think she felt it, she's still staring at me in disbelief. "You felt

h. I've heard about this habit of hers, but it's my first time witnessing it. I'm disgusted,

swallows, her

" I bite out, refusing to say her name. I haven't

get to decipher it. "Kingston, please.." she says, I'm unsure of what she's

n it. "I Alpha Kingston Vale of Mooncrest, reject you Aeliana Hartley, as my mate and Luna. I reject all bonds and sever all ties." I fo

comes out. When a tear rolls down her cheek

raw and breaths heaving like she's running. I squeeze ti

ar apart whoever dares interrupt. My jaw clenches when I see who i

. "Aeliana is Kingston's mate." The famil

his bond, it's a mistake. Someone like her

ing." Dad snaps, "Aeliana is

te

she's not fit to be my mate. "I already rejected her a

quivers. "I

ng between us. "You can't reject a bond forged by

er,"

hings, you renounce your right to the pack, Kingston." He firmly asserts,

for air before she runs out. Nobody follows

ver won't happen. You can only get my blessing if sh

le are whispering about what just happened, the public threat my dad be

Audrey staring at me. "King," she chokes out, te

my teeth, annoyed by the last twe

through the pack link, "

all h

feet in alignment with the thumping sound in my chest. The door to conference

an't marr

asks, swirli

s?" I scoff. "D

But that's no excuse, she knew better than to act as she did. "What she did is no differ

m man, but that's her personal business. It's the way she treated people that unerved me, the way she cut me out of her life li

m shakes her head, "Y

course, I'm pale, I just saw a ghos

used to love Aeli